Straw conveyer belt



(N0 Model.)

A; J. PARK, Jr.. STRAW GONVEYER BELT'.

Patented Mar. 7,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALTON J. PARK, JR., OF VIRGINIA, MISSOURI.

STRAW-CONVEYER BELT.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,686, dated` March 7, 1882.

Application tiled July 12, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom fit may concern Be it known that I, ALTON J. PARK, Jr.,`of Virginia, in the county of Bates and State ot' Missouri, have invented an Improved Straw- GonveyerBelt, of which thefollowing is a specitication.

The object of my invention is to prevent the straw from catching in between the ends ofthe slats and the conveyer-belt, and to secure the ends of the slats more eiectually to the belt.

In theaccompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a conveyer-belt having the ends ot the slats provided with a cap. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation ot' a cap secured to. the belt by means ot' rivets. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal elevation of a cap provided with lugs projecting troni the under sides. Fig. 4 is an end elevation ot' the sanne, showing the lugs bent over.

Similar letters of refirence indicate corresponding parts.

A metal cap, A, which may have square or rounded ends, is placed overthe end of each slat B of a co11veyer-belt,0,to which stat it is fastened by means of a rivet, I). rI his cap A is secured to the belt C by means of a series ot rivets, E, which are passed through the cap along the edges ofthe same and at the extreme outer end ofthe saine, so that the edge of the belt G will be held closely to the end and sides ofthe cap A,'thus preventing the straw from passing and catching in between the caps A and the belt.

Instead of fastening the cap A to the belt C by means of the rivets E, this cap may be provided with a series of downwardly-projecting clips, F, along the edges and at the extreme outer end of the cap, which clips are passed through the belt, and are then bent over on the under side ofthe cap.

By means of the rivets or clips the caps are united very closely with the belt. The slats cannot be so well attached to the belt it' they are not provided with caps, for the rivets,which must be passed through the slats at the extreme outer ends, would split and crack these slats in a very short time.

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding of my invention, what l claim as new is- The combination, with astraw-conveyer belt, of cross-slats, metallic end sockets or caps for said slats, and the metallic fastening passing through the edges of the belt, as shown and described, whereby the edges of the belt will be held so closely to the end and sides of the caps as to prevent the straw from catching between the caps or sockets and the belt.

A. J. PARK, JR.

XVitnesses:

H. H. FLEsnER, Jas. S. PIERCE. 

